AJC’s Jerusalem-based Department of International Interreligious Affairs and Heilbrunn Institute for International Interreligious Understanding play an indispensable role in strengthening mutual understanding among different faith groups.
IsraAID has demonstrated over and over that humanitarian aid is a crucial Israeli export that has an indelible global impact. Over the past 20 years, IsraAID has responded to a range of crises, including earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and refugees in more than 50 countries, and is currently active in 14 countries.
Hamas has territorial ambitions on Israel. In fact, that's putting it mildly: It would like to replace Israel in its entirety with a Muslim Brotherhood-ruled, Sharia-based state. Israel has no territorial ambitions on Hamas-ruled Gaza. To the contrary, Israel left it totally in 2005 to govern itself, something previous rulers, including Egypt and Ottoman Turkey, never remotely did. Israel hoped never to return.